Are markets just? Answering this question requires examining three main features of the market economy: Institutions that provide for a system of well-defined and readily enforced property...
Is income inequality wrong? Not according to theologian Ron Sider, theologian Jordan Ballor, and economist Anne Bradley. According to Christian Post reporter Tyler O’Neil, Sider said, I think...
What if you or someone you knew were kept from pursuing a vocation or making a living because someone else had the power to put you down or...
Wealth. Poverty. Income Inequality. Prestige. Our modern society has striven to break the tension between the rich and the poor. Yet socioeconomic status still seems to matter. How...
Who exactly is responsible to help the poor? Since the poor are everywhere, where should we focus our attempts at poverty alleviation? Rev. Dwight Longenecker reminds readers of...
Found in Leviticus 25, the biblical practice of Jubilee is becoming ever more prominent in discussions about justice, poverty, and debt relief. Many evangelical authors mention Jubilee as...
The New Testament says a lot about the underlying causes of poverty. Does it also have anything to say about poverty’s possible solutions? One might conclude that since...
Last Friday, Typhoon Haiyan slammed into the Philippines, killing ten thousand people and crippling an already-impoverished area. Typhoon Haiyan is just one example of the tragedies that cause...
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IFWE’s Weekly Recap – 11.29.13
A recap of what’s happened on the blog this week. What the Five Myths of Jubilee Mean for Poverty Art Lindsley State involvement does not absolve Christians of...